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        <p>Well, doubled vowels are fine and dandy, you say, but what
        about when totally <i>different</i> vowels
        sit next to each other in a word? What happens then?</p>

        <p>It's natural that you should ask such a question. After all,
        in English, mysterious things happen, as I've illustrated before. But there's
        no need to worry in Japanese. All you have to do is pronounce both vowels in
        the way they're always pronounced. </p>

        <p>For example, if you see the word <i>kaeru</i>, you simply say &quot;ka-e-ru.&quot; The <i>e</i> does not exercise magical powers over the <i>a</i> as it would in English. This is most definitely not pronounced
        &quot;kay-ru.&quot; Just read the vowels the way they're always read. </p>

        <p>So when you see the pair <i>ai</i>,
        you say &quot;a-i,&quot; and the product sounds like the word &quot;eye.&quot;
        This is perfectly straightforward. </p>

        <p>Here are a few more examples of various vowel combinations.
        Be sure to touch the words in the left column to hear the pronunciation.</p>

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		<td class="vocab-english pronunciation_touch" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" onclick="playSound('Pronunciation_kaori');">kaori</td>
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		<td class="vocab-english" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="text-align:center;">ka-o-ri</td>
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		<td class="vocab-english" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="text-align:center;">scent</td>
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		<td class="vocab-english pronunciation_touch" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" onclick="playSound('Pronunciation_mainichi');">mainichi</td>
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		<td class="vocab-english" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="text-align:center;">ma-i-ni-chi</td>
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		<td class="vocab-english pronunciation_touch" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" onclick="playSound('Pronunciation_oafu');">Oafu</td>
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		<td class="vocab-english" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="text-align:center;">o-a-fu</td>
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		<td class="vocab-english" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="text-align:center;">Oahu (Hawaiian island)</td>
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		<td class="vocab-english pronunciation_touch" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" onclick="playSound('Pronunciation_ue');">ue</td>
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